Billing and Administration
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EMS experts discuss rising premiums and increased ambulance bills under New York鈥檚 cost-control efforts
Navigating the shift in financial responsibility and the impact rural EMS practices and policies
Ambulance services cannot afford to feed the billing department incomplete, inaccurate or misrepresented information
Several towns are negotiating contracts with Cheshire EMS after Rescue Inc. stated it would leave Cheshire County
Falck averaged 879 ambulance hours per day in June, closer to the goal of 900 hours since taking over in November 2021
Jeannette EMS states that poor insurance reimbursement rates are the reason for ending the service
Kern EMS Program Manager Jeff Fariss said the county and Hall Ambulance will implement several changes such as call sorting
Legislators in a health committee were split over a state-funded grant program that covered local government costs for EMS
Sun Prairie EMS is asking city officials for funds to hire more medics after learning about the closing of SSM Health鈥檚 emergency department
Low-cost options for improving dispatch, scheduling and resource management
Crozer Health owes close to $120K to the only vendor willing to work with them
Sonoma County officials say AMR ambulances have been too slow and have failed to pay response time penalties
Macomb Universal Ambulance Services will provide up to 18 ambulances over 4 months to manage the summer call volume and avoid FF burnout
Columbus officials recognize the importance of EMS outside the city as well as the cost to city taxpayers
Lifestar withdrew services just days after Sussex County officials gave them a 60-day notice
Experts say Madera Community Hospital鈥檚 untenable financial realities are a challenge for rural hospitals across the country
Waverly Fire Rescue signed a second EMS contract and is working on ALS accreditation to meet the increasing call volume
Sonoma County officials have ended AMR鈥檚 30 years of service by awarding contract to fire district
鈥淚t鈥檚 never been more expensive to run an emergency service department,鈥� Somerset Mayor Alan Keck told council members
Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Corps had served the Mohawk Valley and Southern Adirondack for over 55 years
Paramedics claim the city has reneged on its promise to count time served before becoming dual-role medics
Operation in Akron is shuttered after AMR and city officials could not agree on future service
The ZOLL emsCharts NOW app lets providers quickly capture critical patient data at the time of contact, using standard mobile devices
FAQs on owning, amending, retaining and sharing patient care report data
Sonoma Life Support claims a review committee member had ties to a nonprofit that received $10K from a rival ambulance company
鈥淚 watched my employees be on the phone for 20 minutes with a citizen doing CPR on a loved one, and to me, that鈥檚 unacceptable,鈥� Battalion Chief John Gaddie said
Advanced Life Systems had protested Yakima County鈥檚 choicec citing AMR鈥檚 problems in other communities
The city has seen ambulances break down en route to the hospital with patients inside, EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist said
Sedgwick County reverses course on a 2018 study that led to staffing shortage, slow response times and employee burnout
80% of the Reedy Creek Fire Department鈥檚 185 staff members signed off on the deal, paving the way for a significant bump in starting pay and benefits
Preserving Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act is introduced in the Senate and House
Advance Life Systems is protesting the Yakima County commissioners鈥� selection of AMR
John Goward moves in as the city鈥檚 Fire-Rescue Department takes over staffing, deployment and billing
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